Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 9 | DHS 23 GPD 111 09 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) for Region 9 is a discretionary FEMA grant under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen how governments in a region plan and work together for truly large-scale disasters. The program’s core focus is closing known preparedness and response capability gaps while encouraging new, regionally coordinated solutions for catastrophic incidents. Rather than treating preparedness as a series of isolated city or county efforts, RCPGP is meant to push partners to build shared plans, shared coordination, and shared approaches that can hold up when an event overwhelms normal local systems.

FEMA frames the need for this program using the National Response Framework definition of a catastrophic incident: any natural or human-caused event, including terrorism, that produces extraordinary levels of casualties, damage, or disruption and severely affects people, infrastructure, the environment, the economy, national morale, or government functions. The practical takeaway is that these incidents are too large, complex, and fast-moving for any single jurisdiction to manage alone. Because of that, the grant emphasizes a cohesive regional approach across the full emergency management lifecycle, including prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Funding is intended to support efforts that improve planning and coordination before disaster strikes, so that decision-making and resource use are faster and more unified when an extreme event occurs.

This FY 2023 opportunity is explicitly aligned with the FEMA Strategic Plan for 2022-2026 and is organized around three connected priorities: equity, climate resilience, and readiness. The equity priority is not just a general statement of values; it is tied to ensuring that underserved and at-risk communities are systematically considered in preparedness and planning so outcomes are fair and consistent before, during, and after disasters. The program highlights that some groups face heightened risk from current hazards, including climate-related hazards, and aims to ensure preparedness investments and planning processes account for those realities. Climate resilience is reflected in the expectation that regional solutions take into account the changing hazard environment, especially the kinds of compounding and cascading impacts that climate-driven events can create. Readiness underscores strengthening operational preparedness and maintaining a posture where regional partners can coordinate effectively under severe stress.

Eligible applicants for this funding include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments. The assistance is provided as a grant within the Disaster Prevention and Relief activity category (CFDA 97.111). For this specific funding notice (DHS 23 GPD 111 09 01), FEMA anticipated making about 10 awards, with an award ceiling of up to $3,000,000 per award. The opportunity was posted on May 23, 2023, with an original application closing date of July 24, 2023.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as an investment in regional-scale catastrophic incident preparedness: building and expanding collaboration among jurisdictions, supporting innovative approaches that work across boundaries, and making sure preparedness is not only technically strong but also equitable and adapted to climate realities. The end goal is a region that can coordinate planning, operations, and recovery more effectively when an incident is so severe that normal mutual aid and local response structures are strained or surpassed.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 9" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.111.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 23, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments.

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